nominative

noun

the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb

adjective

appointed by nomination

named

serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb

Roots

nomennomin- · Latin · name

Synonyms for nominative

genitiven accusativen nominaladj dativen vocativen denominativeadj appellativen prepositionaladj adessiveadj illativeadj

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Where does nominative come from?

The word nominative breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root nomin-, from Latin nomen (“name”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.